Posted on 12/30/2022 5:12:06 PM PST by Twotone
Generally, the citizens of Snohomish, Washington, recognize the arrival of springtime when the snow has finally melted and the gorgeous flowers start to bloom. However, Allison Lamb gets to know it is springtime in a rather unique way and it is through an adorable group of noisy neighbors. When spring is arriving all the frogs commence to croak as if to inform everyone that the season of growth is here.
Allison is the owner of the Snohomish Lavender Farm. According to her, the frogs that visit her farm are very active and plentiful. “I have some flowers that line my house, and they will climb up walls and they get up in my hanging flower baskets,” she expressed. Allison usually comes across a frog or two hopping around her house. One fine day she came across an incredible sight when she was inspecting her flower garden. She observed a frog resting inside a dahlia flower.
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In the spring and summer seasons, Allison and her kids would spend most of their mornings looking for pacific tree frogs in the flower garden. They found that seeking the creatures provided them with some much-needed excitement and entertainment.I worry about Allison.
If I had frogs parking on my flowers, I’d have them toad away.
I see what you did there.
sounds like fun.
When I went to summer camp we would spend hours looking for frogs so we could use them for target practice.
they would jump every time you would hit them even after death, apparently back then before color TV that provided us with some excitement and entertainment.
The frogs in our garden are practically pets. They aren’t afraid of us at all. I really enjoy them. They aren’t small enough to fit in Dahlias though.
People who have pets know that animals need entertainment, too.
French invasion?
It looks like one of those Japanese style tiny hotels.
boooooooooo :-)
And why not? Those flowers almost always have water in the petals. Particularly in Snohomish
Unsafe for the frogs; they might croak
As a university freshman, living on campus, I spent an hour with two friends recording a loud group of frogs that lived in a small swampy area near to campus. The next day we hung a speaker just outside the dorm window of out least-favorite upperclassman. After lights-out we started playing back the frogs croaking, and slowly increased the volume. We were trying for a “gigantic mutant frogs invade campus” effect. Worked pretty well, though the upperclassman did not appreciate the humor.
Sounds like what children used to do before television and the internet.
If you’ve ever lived on an acreage, this is something most folks enjoy. I was always reaching out to the local extension on snakes, insects etc. We had so many hummingbirds, I took a picture & with an experts help, we determined I probably had a couple hundred feeding at my feeders. I was going through a gallon of nectar a day & the sheer number was attracting praying mantis feeding on them (Google it).
Wow, I only get one or two hummers at a time. I get a lot more at our Northern California place than I do at our summer place in North Idaho.
I have a wind chime that has glass hummingbirds. I get a kick when a real hummingbird comes to check them out.
When I was four years old, I had a big plastic bumblebee with a string and you could “fly” him by spinning him around your head. His wings flapped and he buzzed when you were spinning him. I took him over to the lot next door to show the real bees. You can imagine what those bees thought of this big intruder! That’s one of my first memories, too.
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